In contrast to the Vatican, they had long agreed that thoughtful decision-making about whether to bring a child into the world serves compassion and wellbeing -- the very heart of humanity's shared moral core.
The man who shot him at point blank range was a cop operating under the motto of the Minnesota police force: "To protect with courage, to serve with compassion".
While another former British PM, John Major ― in office from 1990 to 1997 ― praised Bush for serving "with compassion, courage, dignity and grace.
I recalled the bodhisattva's aspiration: "May this suffering serve to awaken compassion," and began quietly whispering it inside.
By doing so, she was able to see beyond the differences that might have hardened her heart and to serve with unconditional compassion each person she touched.
At some point Ugandans need to understand that if they call themselves people of faith -- be it Christian, Muslim, Bahá'í or whatever -- that religion is only of use if it teaches you to serve others in compassion.
Humans can communicate compassion through facial gesture and touch, and these displays of compassion can serve vital social functions, strongly suggesting an evolutionary basis of compassion.
Moreover, the principle of private self-love is not sufficient to serve our welfare without compassion, i.e., compassion is an important ingredient in our well being in addition to being an important moral passion.
They both depend on other people, either to validate success or serve as objects of compassion.
Does diversity (or heresy) serve or damage generosity, compassion, justice or reconciliation?
